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'The wins may be narrow, but they are still wins'
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- Author, Phil McNulty
- Role, Chief football writer
A Liverpool-related question was put to 成人快手 chief football writer Phil McNulty in Monday's Q&A.
Rich asked: Morning Phil, I鈥檓 noticing more often, the Liverpool game yesterday an example, that sides are going against a strong press and tending to sit and wait a lot more. Is this a worry for managers that like to play out from the back, draw sides in and counter-attack, like Manchester City. We鈥檝e seen in a few games recently that they struggle when having to break teams down that set up shop in this way. Do these teams need a plan B?
Phil answered: Hi, Rich. I think Liverpool are going to be interesting viewing this season because they are adopting a more measured, composed approach themselves, rather than the thrilling full-tilt approach under Jurgen Klopp.
The wins may be narrow, but they are still wins, and yesterday was a big test against a Chelsea side I think will be challenging for the top four.
Liverpool have the players to adopt a 鈥減lan B鈥 without a doubt and I鈥檓 sure Arne Slot can be adaptable 鈥 and with players of the calibre of Mohamed Salah there is every chance 鈥減lan A鈥 will work eventually.
Liverpool have such attacking quality that sitting back against them is a dangerous game as they have players, such as Salah, capable of producing that one moment of class to win a game.